Wednesday, December 31, 2014

What
should an animator's new year's resolutions be? Animation is a huge and
growing business, a far cry from the cottage industry it used to be
even twenty years ago. But it is a competitive world, and good animators
need to be smart to stay on top of their game. So here's a checklist
for some simple ways to maintain your edge in 2015

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Way back in 1971 my Dad's animation studio at no. 13 Soho Square in London took on their biggest project yet - a TV adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The twenty-two minute TV special was produced by Chuck Jones and many scenes were animated by Ken Harris, one of Chuck's star animators from Road Runner days. Other animators included Grim Natwick and Emery Hawkins.